to me it's obvious that this song is about he's childhood. Like someone mentioned they were inspired about the book where the wild things are which makes sense because that wasnt so much a kids book, but about a kid and they probably saw a lot of themselves in that kid.
That this is all in hindsight of his childhood...the divorce of his parents, the darkness he found in himself...problems practical every kid faces but they dont understand at the time.
to me it's obvious that this song is about he's childhood. Like someone mentioned they were inspired about the book where the wild things are which makes sense because that wasnt so much a kids book, but about a kid and they probably saw a lot of themselves in that kid. That this is all in hindsight of his childhood...the divorce of his parents, the darkness he found in himself...problems practical every kid faces but they dont understand at the time.